Agree with this. And then 1997’s The Healing Game, featuring one Brian Kennedy, is an absolute corker.

I urge anyone to read the speech.

Not that it’s a brilliant piece of rhetoric or analysis. But for the life of me I can’t see it as the terrorist apologia or unpatriotic claptrap that some are trying to present […]

Exactly that. Including the wonderful Oumou Sangare.

This happened in the city in which I live, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head all day. I’m angry, sad, baffled, despondent and scared – for all my rational knowledge that these incidents are […]

Verily, this man speaks the truth. As I know from bitter experience….

Yes I was wondering that too! Explanation makes sense – surprising it hasn’t happened before (or at least I haven’t noticed)

Hmm, can’t help I’m afraid – I have an iPhone and it works fine off the Spotify app. I’m certainly not technical enough to have done anything in particular so I guess it’s down to different phones.

That’s a brilliant post. Love the idea that if all you knew was side 3 and 4 they would always the best – that makes complete sense. And I’m glad there’s someone else batting for Revolution No 9

I deliberately haven’t read any of the other comments so apologies if this duplicates what others may have said. But here goes

1,3,2,4

1 A sparky opening from Paul, a George classic and then three of Lennon’s […]

Brilliant – I’m looking forward to this.

Not revolutionary, no, but ‘a stimulating breeze’ is rather a good description of how it must have seemed at the time. Take a look at the chart of 27 December when it peaked at 17. Plenty of good stuff, sure, but […]

Twang, you should just be able to plug it in via USB and if it doesn’t automatically select, find the iPod/USB channel via the Source button on the Denon. In the car I use Bluetooth to stream downloaded Spoty […]

I’d have recommended the Denon too, so good call! I had that volume control problem referred to above with my first one after about ten years excellent service. My current one has the USB connection and I use it […]

Randy Newman and the brilliant Sail Away album has already been cited, but here’s the best of the lot. Rand gets more into two minutes than most manage in a whole album. And never has this song felt more on the button…

Apart from CDs I haven’t bought merchandise for many years, with the single exception of a very nice poster print at a Low concert.The text identifying it as a tour poster for the band was tastefully low key. It […]

Here’s the Duke

Drive up to the Lakes in the car – early morning Radio 3
Drive back after a great walk above Ullswater – the new ones from Rhiannon Giddens, Hooray for the Riff Raff, and Laura Marling (agree with Bob’s […]

Heres one – this song opened Lone Justice’s great debut album